Tuesday, October 12, 2010

The author of the book Case Closed, supporting the official theory that Lee Oswald assassinated John F. Kennedy, resurfaced less than a week ago after quitting his Daily Beast job amid allegations of plagiarism.

In a letter to the New York Times dated August 23, 2010, Posner, who begins by stating "I represent Ahmed Wali Karzai," defends Hamid Karzai's brother against allegations in a New York Times' editorial to the effect that Ahmed Wali Karzai is involved in the opium trade and has ties to the CIA.

Joint statement by the American Association for the Advancement of Science, American Chemical Society, American Geophysical Union, American Institute of Biological Sciences, American Meteorological Society, American Society of Agronomy, American Society of Plant Biologists, American Statistical Association, Association of Ecosystem Research Centers, Botanical Society of America, Crop Science Society of America, Ecological Society of America, Natural Science Collections Alliance, Organization of Biological Field Stations, Society for Industrial and Applied Mathematics, Society of Systematic Biologists, Soil Science Society of America, University Corporation for Atmospheric Research

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